Artist	Song
Ben Lee	Ripe
from Ripe (2007)
Ben Lee	Ache for You
from Awake Is the New Sleep (2005)
Ben Lee	Boy With a Barbie
from The Rebirth of Venus (Deluxe Version) (2009)
Ben Lee	Is This How Love Is Supposed to Feel
from Ripe (2007)
Ben Lee	Apple Candy
from Awake Is the New Sleep (2005)
The Bens	Bruised
from The Bens - EP (2004)
Ben Lee	Float On
from John Tucker Must Die (2006)
Ben Lee	Friday On My Mind
from Easy Fever - A Tribute to the Easybeats and Stevie Wright (2008)
Ben Lee	I'm a Woman Too
from The Rebirth of Venus (Deluxe Version) (2009)
Ben Lee	Sex Without Love
from Ripe (2007)
Ben Lee	Surrender
from The Rebirth of Venus (Deluxe Version) (2009)
Ben Lee	Sing
from The Rebirth of Venus (Deluxe Version) (2009)
Ben Lee	Gamble Everything for Love
from Morning Becomes Eclectic (2005) (2005)
Ben Lee	Song for the Divine Mother of the Universe
from The Rebirth of Venus (Deluxe Version) (2009)
Ben Lee	Catch My Disease (That's the Way I Like It)
from Morning Becomes Eclectic (2005) (2005)

Comment:

A love of irony isn't the only reason the Bens — Kweller, Lee, and Folds, a trio formed on a first-name basis — works so well. At the end of the day, each artist is an indie rock icon in his own right, sharing a similar grasp of immediate, hooks-heavy songwriting and never taking himself too seriously. Take Lee, for instance: "What Would Jay-Z Do?" sounds like a college rock chart-topper from the early '90s and seems to honestly wonder how the bling-coated rap star would handle different situations; "Dirty Mind" dabbles in sexcapade lyrics and distorted drum loops (courtesy of ex-Gorillaz collaborator Dan the Automator); and "Float On" reimagines the bubbly Modest Mouse hit as a lazy Sunday lament.

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